As the LGBTI community in Queensland celebrates the restoration of civil unions, many advocates and community members are asking what’s next for LGBTI issues and law reform in the Sunshine State. We speak to a few about what they would like to see happen next year.

A counter Change.org petition has already garnered more than twice as many signatures as the controversial one that called on media organisations and human rights groups to drop the “T” for trans from the LGBTI acronym when speaking about the community.

The Australian Press Council has today announced that the Courier Mail “gratuitously” breached standards over its reporting of the murder of trans woman Mayang Prasetyo last year, where it labelled her a “she male” and “ladyboy”.

A Gold Coast newspaper published claims from local trans* advocates lamenting the 2011 closure of gender-specific services for the region but the local health body claims such a service never existed, although that funding is provided to health professionals involved in the trans* community.